The project will leverage a total of $2.5 million in private investment and create 27 jobs for a year. The Forest Service’s northern region spans 25 million acres across five different states and will install energy efficient measures in stations across Montana and Idaho. These energy-saving measures will reduce energy consumption by 16 percent and save the Forest Service $267,000 in the first year alone.

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Besides energy efficient facilities, the Forest Service will also install renewable energy systems at the Kings Hill Ranger Station in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. The station will contain a 4.9 mW photovoltaic system consisting of 20 flat-panel models.

Because of the high cost of electric heating in Fortine, Montana, the DOE said, the project also includes installing a wood-pellet boiler in an eight-bay garage shop as part of an effort to cut the shop’s annual heating costs almost in half.

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